Everquip Announces Leadership Transition: Jack Cox Appointed Managing Director
Everquip, the market leader in the manufacturing of vehicle inspection pits and a leading supplier of workshop servicing and testing equipment in the UK, is pleased to announce a significant leadership transition. Jack Cox, formerly the Sales Director, will be...
Everquip & Vamag Announce New DVSA Software Approval
Everquip Garage Equipment Limited, the UK’s foremost prefabricated inspection pit manufacturer, in partnership with Vamag S.R.L are pleased to announce they have received DVSA approval for the new DVSA software for ATF & PSV brake testers. Stuart Everard, Managing...
A Warning to Garage Equipment Operators: The Dangers of Working Beneath Vehicles
In recent years, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has become aware of a disturbing trend in the vehicle repair industry when working with garage equipment. In the 5 years to March 2022, 21 workers were killed while working on vehicles. More than half of these...
New Criteria for DVSA Authorised Testing Facilities and ADR Bays
Back in 2018, DVSA put a hold on opening new Authorised Testing Facilities (ATFs) and ADR bays, preventing anyone from setting up new testing bays for dangerous goods vehicles. The reason for this hold was to focus their efforts on supporting the existing facilities...
Mobile Column Lifts vs Inspection Pits, Which Is Best?
For a commercial garage, the choice between whether to use mobile column lifts or an inspection pit has often posed challenges to the business owner. With advantages to both choices often debated, this tends to leave many commercial garages not future proofing their...
H&S Guidelines for Inspection Pits
Everquip garage equipment, have been manufacturing vehicle inspection pits since 1999 (original pits are still in use today) and have over 3750 pits installed in over 14 different countries. So, when HSE in the UK came looking to improve health and safety inside...
10 Reasons to Choose an Everquip Steel Pit
Everquip vehicle inspection pits are bespoke manufactured to suit individual needs depending on the following market sector: Bus PitsCoach PitsCommercial Vehicle Inspection PitsRail PitsEuropean Wide-Bodied PitsWashdown Pits Every Everquip prefabricated steel pit is...
How long does it take to install an inspection pit?
An Everquip inspection pit is a steel substructure, which is placed inside a civil excavation and is back poured by concrete all the way around. Sounds easy right? The time it takes to install an Everquip pit, depends on works involved, dependant on the site being a...
Most Practical DVSA equipment to maintain roadworthiness
With the vision of safe drivers, safe vehicles and safer journeys, the Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) announced back in November 2018 a new policy around the maintenance of vehicles in the UK. Enforcing an increase in vehicle maintenance procedures. With...
